Technical change in branch banking at the Midland Bank, 1945-75

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-300

  Booth, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Business knowledge; Computerisation; Human resources; Labour process; Mechanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444255568     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958520042000277775     Document Type: Review

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